Here's a list of recommended sites. Please add sites to this list that you have found useful.

Technology How Tos/ Troubleshooting
Lynda.com
http://www.computerhope.com/
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help

Copyright
Fun Fair Use Tutorial

Grants
__http://sites.fcps.org/trt/grantscontests__
Teachers Network - Technology Grants for Teachers
Donors Choose

Standards
Ohio State Content Standards
National Technology Standards

Productivity Tools
**Technology Integration Matrix (TIM)**
Rubric Wizard
Lesson Plan Builder
UDL Lesson Plan Builder
Easy Testmaker
I-Rubric

Curricular Resources/Activities
Social Bookmarking Tools

SMARTBoard Activities
QR Code Scavenger Hunt Creator
Junior High Interactives
Jeopardy Games
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Teacher Tube
http://www.watchknow.org/ Videos for teachers.
http://www.webquest.org/index.php
http://jeopardylabs.com/
http://classtools.net/
http://www.edutecher.net/links.php
Story Starter Fun tool for creative writing.
http://poot.icsmich.org/ Place Out of Time: the meeting of minds, cultures, and eras at the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain, which is a digital narrative-based character playing simulation focused on historical and cultural curriculum.

Multimedia Tools


Wallwisher - This web tool can be used to create a wall for each lesson plan facilitation project (which can be linked to a wiki or Blackboard). Immediately following each facilitation, students provide positive feedback (only) about their peers' teaching.
www.ViewLetCam.com record all elements of presentation including animations, transitions, voice narration, and video.
www.Prezi.com create animated presentations including text, image and video.
http://voicethread.com/ Web application that allows to post presentations and have people comment on them in all four formats:audio, image, video and text. Great for students interactions. Here is a Voicethread on how to build a Voicethread.
http://www.wix.com/ One of the easiest ways to build your own simple free website that can be used for variety of purposes.
Glogster Glogster, a multimedia collage making site
Voki Make animated character and use your own voice
Animoto Make photo or video collage
Bitstrips Make your own comic strip
Sync.in Neat wiki site -- free, no account needed -- students can edit page in real time, and you can see all of the revisions. This is ideal for a small group of students, as it got too confusing when all of my students used it
worditout word cloud generator with custom features


IPads/Mobile Devices

http://www.apple.com/education/apps/ provides Apple applications per content area
http://www.apple.com/education/ipad/ provides resources for IPad use (IPad can be borrowed for free for one quarter from IT services).
Great list of Apps


General Resources


Top 100 Tools for Teachersfrom The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. This list is based on the contributions of learning professionals worldwide.

Networking Sites

**Edmodo - secure social networking site**
EPals
The GLOBE Program
NASA Quests
MonsterExchange
Yammer


Internet Safety
ISafe.org